Table 2.
Clinical features, diagnostic testing, management, and outcome data of patients with invasive amoebiasis managed at Western Sydney Local Health District between 2005 and 2016.
| Clinical Features | No. of Cases |
| Fever | 39/49 (80%) |
| Right upper quadrant pain | 35/49 (71%) |
| Diarrhoea | 17/49 (35%) |
| Positive Diagnostic Investigations | |
| Serology | 49/49 (100%) |
| PCR (liver aspirate) | 3/6 (50%) |
| PCR (Stool) | 2/3 (67%) |
| Stool microscopy | 4/13 (31%) |
| Histopathology | 4/11 (36%) |
| Diagnosis * | |
| Liver abscess | 41/48 (85%) |
| Amoebic colitis | 7/48 (15%) |
| Management and Outcomes | |
| Admission | |
| Surgical | 23/45 (51%) |
| Medical | 22/45 (49%) |
| Not admitted | 4/49 (8%) |
| Treatment | |
| Received an antibiotic active against E. histolytica prior to diagnosis | 43/49 (88%) |
| Received a luminal agent | 30/49 (61%) |
| Invasive procedure | 36/49 (73%) |
| Aspiration of hepatic abscess | 28/41 (68%) |
| Partial hepatectomy | 1/49 (2%) |
| Colonoscopy | 11/49 (22%) |
| Peripherally inserted central cannula | 4/49 (8%) |
| Death | 1/49 (2%) |
* Type of amoebiasis could not be determined in one patient due to insufficient information. PCR: polymerase chain reaction.